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Hollie Toups, 32, a teacher's aide who lives in Texas is a revenge porn victim.Embarrassing pictures of Toups wound up on the Internet for the world to see, and she is not alone.

"I didn't do anything wrong, and I don't feel like I should be blamed for it," said Toups.

"Once something is put out on the Internet it's gone, it's out there on the Internet, so we want people to be safe and really use good judgement before they start taking any lewd pictures of themselves," said Melissa Matey from Louisiana State Police.

There are many websites that provide an easy outlet for vengeful exes to post these videos, but creating the "media sharing websites" is not against the law, according to Loyola law professor Dane Ciolino.

"Just like Youtube and Vimeo and Facebook exist and allow the public to post at will, these sites are in many respects the same. They are obviously there for profit reasons, but they are essentially just a public forum and they are not and should not be responsible for policing the content that appears on those sites," said Ciolino.

So Toups and dozens of other victims sued the website Texxxan.com and its web host Go Daddy, claiming obscenity, defamation- and more.

Texxxan.com has been shut down for other reasons - but the lawsuits remain active. Toups says the explicit photos of her also live on.

"Obviously the photos are going to be around forever. At this point whether I be quiet or whether I fight back, I'd rather fight back," said Toups.

She's fighting all the way to the top. Right now the End Revenge Porn Campaign is working to draft federal legislation.

However it's tricky because they have to make sure the writing does not infringe on First Amendment rights- while criminalizing acts of vengeance.

"It would have to be worded very carefully and have to be drafted in a way- that is overly broad, that is in a way that would not scoop up within its scope constitutionally protected activities, which is difficult to do in a standpoint of legislative drafting," said Ciolino.

Bryan Cox with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement worries that may be opening up Pandora's box.

"To criminalize this action that was consensual, that the consenting adult engaged in is a really slippery slope, it's a dangerous argument to say what can we do on the criminal side," said Cox.

But problems like this are getting so out of control, Louisiana State Police have set up a new unit called the Special Victim's Unit. While simply posting explicit photos that were taken with consent may not be illegal, state police say other actions related to such instances often are, such as voyeurism or invasion of privacy.

Spokeswoman Melissa Matey doesn't know exactly how many local victims are out there so she encourages people to speak up.

"If victims find themselves on an Internet site or any other place on the Internet and they did not consent to having their videos or photo posted there absolutely call us and let us know and we will look into it," said Matey.

Victims are slowly starting to find courage and they hope soon the law will help them end this ugly act act of vengeance.